Is it time to revisit the tradition of the No #17

[capitaltige]

Port Adelaide are the only other club I can think of who do it (No.1). Personally I wouldnt have wanted to swap my own number for a different one when I was captain of a footy club - but then again if I played for the RFC I would be happy to wear whatever they gave me!

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

So how many other clubs have a specific and revered number earmarked for their captain? I think it's a great idea and the beginning of a long tradition.

The Collingwood captain and vice-captain traditionally wore 1 & 2 respectively until 1979.

 

[poppa x]

So how many other clubs have a specific and revered number earmarked for their captain? I think it's a great idea and the beginning of a long tradition.

Not sure how this would work at Brisbane as 6 players would have the same number.

I'm in favour of dropping the #17 policy. It puts unwanted pressure on the captain and makes him a target for jokes if his form drops off as it has done with Sugar. I don't like putting numbers on hold either. Just give the number to the next young kid that comes along.

 

[feisty tige]

So how many other clubs have a specific and revered number earmarked for their captain? I think it's a great idea and the beginning of a long tradition.

The Collingwood captain and vice-captain traditionally wore 1 & 2 respectively until 1979.

I think Eddie wanted Bucks to don the number 1 and Buckley didn't want it/want to if I remember correctly.

 

[Growl]

Feisty - I pinched this from Paul Daffey:

For a good while during the early part of last century, Collingwood assigned numbers alphabetically, a practice that had little effect on Bruce Andrews, who wore No.1 over four seasons, but had a marked impact on Jack Regan, the prince of full-backs, who wore a total of 11 guernsey numbers: 27, 19, 20, 24, 25, 16, 22, 18, 23, 1 and 2. His final two numbers were in keeping with the developing tradition of the captain and the vice-captain wearing the lowest two numbers.

Harry Collier had begun the practice of taking the lowest number when he was named captain in 1935. Regan continued it when he took over the captaincy in 1940.

The tradition continued until 1979, when Ray Shaw kept his No.23 guernsey despite being named Collingwood captain.

 

[Astrocreep2000]

I agree with the tradition of a player wearing the number 17. But it should go to a player who bleeds yellow and black there is only one man on our list that deserves this right Richo! end of discussion..

 

[MalenyTiger]

It's a good tradition - the captain should wear 17 - it just shouldn't be Johnson.

 

[billyb#40]

It was always a bad idea, imagine Richo in 17 instead of 12 or Deledio in 17 instead of 3.
Its OK when the captain has only been there for 10 minutes but is not sustainable when the captain is a much admired superstar and we will get one eventually.
The only good thing is that you cannot have 2, 5 or 42 captains with the Captains Number policy